Weeks ahead of “George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ” the Sugar Plum Fairy is getting ready to entertain. Her wand at hand, she has magic to command. At her palace in the Land of the Sweets the ...

Like the grand celebration that opens Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," The Riverfront Glass Pavilion will be decorated for a kid-centric Christmas celebration during the Sugar Plum Fairy Tea opening at ...

This season on the War Memorial Opera House stage, Galliard will feature in a production of “Balanchine,” She touts this ...

Attending a performance of “The Nutcracker” is a holiday highlight for people of all ages around the world, in no small part due to the Sugar Plum Fairy. While she’s only on stage about twenty minutes ...

As always, Ballet Arkansas' annual performance of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" will not endanger any actual nuts. But the 17 members of Ballet Arkansas' professional company and a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Just a year after giving birth to her first child, Ballet West principal artist Jenna Rae Herrera is back in the spotlight performing almost every night in the holiday classic "The ...

Professional Ballerina Scout Forsythe takes on the challenge of mastering the choreography from 'The Sugar Plum Fairy' in The Nutcracker. While she currently dances for the American Ballet Theater and ...

Submitted photo Graduating senior dancers at Ballet Western Reserve will dance the principal roles in this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” The senior dancers are, kneeling from left, Faith ...

The Washington Post ran a rave review when Atlanta Ballet premiered Yuri Possokhov’s thrilling “Nutcracker” at the Kennedy Center Opera House in December 2019. Dance critic Sarah L. Kaufman described ...

In 2020, the pandemic has one-upped the Rat King as The Nutcracker’s nastiest villain. As mask mandates and social distancing continue, dance studio sound systems aren’t blasting Tchaikovsky’s ...

With its sparkling celesta and dreamlike rhythm, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” has become a sonic hallmark of Christmas. But its festive identity is a modern invention. Born in a 19th-century ...